®Planning appeal decision
602 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 3NB
Planning appeal 3350378 at 602 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 3NB (Milton Keynes Council) was allowed on 24 July 2025 by Inspector Griffiths P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the approach of the proposals to 'The Point', a non-designated heritage asset, is an appropriate one.
Demolition of all existing vacant entertainment complex buildings and redevelopment to provide flexible Class E leisure/retail uses, up to 487 apartments (Build to Rent and private) over upper floors (up to 21 storeys plus crown structure), re-cladding of the existing car park with Class E/F.2/sui generis leisure uses at rooftop level, landscaped public realm, amenity space, cycle parking and associated access and servicing provision
- Authority
- Milton Keynes Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Griffiths P
- Postcode
- MK9 3NB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the approach of the proposals to 'The Point', a non-designated heritage asset, is an appropriate one
- The effect of the proposals on the setting and thereby the significance of the Grade II listed Shopping Building
What decided it
The public benefits of the scheme (housing delivery, economic benefits and environmental/biodiversity gains) were found to easily outweigh the less than substantial harm to the setting of the listed Shopping Building and the loss of the non-designated heritage asset.
The public benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits and environmental/biodiversity gains were found to easily outweigh the less than substantial harm (at the lower end of that scale) to the setting and significance of the Grade II listed Shopping Building, and to justify the loss of the non-designated heritage asset 'The Point'.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HE1Policy NE3Policy SC1Policy HN2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 212Paragraph 215Paragraph 216Paragraph 57Paragraph 58
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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